Bicycle Longmont offers free children's bike trade-in

Where: Bike garage in the former Sears Auto Center at Twin Peaks Mall in Longmont

More info: Children's bikes for the holiday bike program can be dropped off at all Longmont fire stations through Dec. 10. Bikes will be distributed from 1 to 3 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Ed & Ruth Lehman YMCA, 950 Lashley St., Longmont.

Want to volunteer?: Volunteers to clean and repair bikes are asked to come to the bike garage after 10 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

LONGMONT -- If your child has outgrown his or her bike, then Bicycle Longmont has a proposition for you: Trade it in this Sunday at no cost for a larger one.

Not only will you leave with a more suitable bike, but you'll also be helping make another child's Christmas a little more special.

Children's bikes dropped off at the trade-in event will go to Bicycle Longmont's annual holiday bike program, which gives away free bikes to children in low-income families before Christmas. Bikes brought to the trade-in must be in good, ready-to-ride condition.

The program is running low on donations this year. As of earlier this week, about 320 bikes were ready for distribution, or about 80 bikes short of the program's goal. Last year, volunteers gave out 450 bikes.

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The program especially needs children's bikes with wheels no larger than 20 inches. Tricycle and push scooters are also welcome. Bicycle Longmont has collected more than enough adult bikes.

"We have so many adult bikes and not enough kid bikes," said Buzz Feldman, the holiday bike program's founder and coordinator. "(The trade-in) solves a lot of problems."

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